See and learn about live animals, play nature-related games and make crafts with regional nature organizations during the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums annual GroveFest on Saturday, June 21.
GroveFest celebrates nature and wildlife and takes place on the grounds of Spiegel Grove, an accredited arboretum and the estate of 19th U.S. President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and attendees can stop by any time throughout the event to join in the festivities. Admission is free.
Participating organizations are:
Birchard Public Library
Nature's Nursery
Old Woman Creek National Estuarine Research Facility
Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio
Great Lakes Fishery Commission bringing live sea lampreys
Sandusky County Help Me Grow/Home Visiting
Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Solid Waste (recycling) District
ProMedica Total Rehab
Sandusky County Public Health - Bicycle Helmets
Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
Shooting Star Farms petting farm
Wood County Park District
Back to the Wild Wildlife Rehabilitation
Great Lakes Community Action Partnership
Erie County Public Health Department
Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Northwest District Office
Whispering Meadows Garden Club
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Stone Laboratory
Scouting America - Erie Shores Council
YMCA of Sandusky County
Sandco Industries
The Sun's Flower
Sandusky River Valley Beekeepers Association
South Creek Clydesdales will offer horse-drawn trolley rides through Spiegel Grove for $5 for ages 13 and older, $3 for ages 6-12 and free for ages 5 and younger. Hayes Presidential volunteers will share some highlights of Spiegel Grove for those aboard the trolley.
Hot dogs and ice cream will be available. Donations for food are accepted but are not required.
Visitor parking is off-site only with the exception of those who have handicapped tags for their car. Parking will be available on the street and in ProMedica Memorial Hospital’s parking lots at Buildings A and B, located at 605. Third Ave. Spiegel Grove is a short walk to the east of the hospital parking lots. A golf cart will be available to shuttle people from the front to the back of Spiegel Grove.
GroveFest is an opportunity to enjoy nature at Spiegel Grove and to learn about Rutherford and Lucy Hayes’ love of the outdoors. The couple raised cows and chickens and planted trees on their beloved estate.
Lucy Hayes enjoyed fishing, and she loved nature so much that her official White House china had images of the flora and fauna of the United States, from deer and raccoons to fish and lobsters.
The title sponsor for GroveFest is the Randolph J. & Estelle M. Dorn Foundation. Partial funding by The City of Fremont and ProMedica Memorial Hospital. Activity sponsors: Impact Credit Union and Technique Roofing.
Hayes Presidential is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. Hayes Presidential is located at Spiegel Grove on Buckland Avenue.
For information, call 419-332-2081, or visit rbhayes.org. Like Hayes Presidential on Facebook and follow on Instagram and X at rbhayespres and on Bluesky at rbhayespres.bsky.social.
You may also like the following events from Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums:
- This Saturday, 7th June, 10:00 am, Trees Named in Honor of People Tour in Fremont
- Next Wednesday, 11th June, 06:30 pm, Verandah Concert featuring Matthew Ball, the Boogie Woogie Kid in Fremont
- This month, 22nd June, 01:00 pm, Squires Home Game in Fremont
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